Brexit

Mass protests, disrupted cross-Channel trade and chaos threaten Britain in case of a no-deal Brexit, according to a report released by the government last Wednesday. Called “Operation Yellowhammer” and prepared six weeks ago just days after Boris Johnson became prime minister, it forms the basis of government no-deal planning, Reuters reported.

With eight weeks to go until the UK's withdrawal from the EU on 31 October and in light of the continued uncertainty and lack of agreement, the Commission reiterated last Wednesday its call to all stakeholders to prepare for a no-deal scenario. The EC stressed in its 6th Brexit preparedness communication that with the overall political situation in the UK a no-deal scenario on 1 November remains a possible, although undesirable, outcome.

British PM Boris Johnson on Wednesday asked for holding snap election on 15 October after lawmakers seeking to prevent a no-deal Brexit dealt him a humiliating defeat in parliament. Parliament’s move leaves Brexit in limbo, with possible outcomes ranging from a turbulent no-deal exit to abandoning it at all.

A legal challenge seeking to block British PM Boris Johnson’s order to suspend parliament will be heard in a Northern Irish court next week, news wires reported. At a hearing in Belfast’s High Court, a judge set 6 September for the presentation of legal argument on the interim injunction that is being sought by a rights activist seeking to have the suspension reversed.

British PM Boris Johnson will try to limit parliaments opportunity to derail his Brexit plans by cutting the amount of time it sits between now and EU exit day on 31 October, news wires reported. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of the EU with or without a divorce deal, Johnson said he would set 14 October for the Queens Speech - the formal state opening of a new session of parliament where he will set out his government’s legislative agenda.

The EU expects Britain to fulfil all of its financial obligations made during its membership of the bloc even after a no-deal Brexit, a spokeswoman for the European Commission said on Monday. The statement came after British PM Boris Johnson said that if Britain leaves without a deal, it will no longer legally owe the 39 billion pound (€43bn) divorce bill agreed by his predecessor.

British PM's demand towards the EU to re-open the Brexit divorce deal was last Tuesday rebuffed once again by EU institutions. According to Council President Donald Tusk , Boris Johnson had proposed no realistic alternatives, and the European Commission took a similar line.

And finally the fate of Brexit is in the right hands. Or better to say in the right mouth and on the right mind. With the ascension of staunch Brexiteer Boris Johnson to the post of British PM, things seem to have come to their places - the one who has strongly advocated for the UK to leave the EU now is supposed to deliver it. With or without a deal. And no later than 31 October. The late-summer and early-autumn show will be interesting, as - with Johnson at the helm - the UK heads for a clash with the EU and a constitutional crisis at home.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to set a date for her resignation next week when she meets leaders of an influential group of Conservative lawmakers to address her future, the group’s chairman said on Saturday. Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee, which can make or break party leaders, told BBC Radio that May had been asked to give “clarity” at next Wednesday’s meeting after she failed to get her Brexit deal through parliament.

British PM Theresa May has carried out “scenario planning” for a second Brexit referendum in case she is forced by parliament to hold one, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday. She is hoping to find a way to get parliament to approve a Brexit plan without another public vote, but talks with the opposition Labour Party on a compromise exit strategy have yet to reach an agreement.